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The pandemic brought a massive effort to limit the spread of bad health information. Did it do more harm than good? In March 2021, a Twitter user asked Martin Kulldorff […]
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The largest independent scientific study ever conducted, investigating the spread of Facebook across the globe found no evidence that the social media platformās worldwide penetration is linked to widespread psychological […]
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Tiffany Dover is alive. Sitting across from Tiffany at her kitchen table, this is obvious. She breathes in and out. She gestures with her hands. She laughs generously. Dimples carve […]
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Meredith Broussard is a data journalist and academic whose research focuses on bias in artificial intelligence (AI). She has been in the vanguard of raising awareness and sounding the alarm […]
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How is it that public health has delivered on its promise to improve the lives of millions, while failing to resolve theĀ dramatic health disparities of people of color in the […]
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Science and Ethics of āCuringā Misinformation | Journal of Ethics | American Medical Association
A growing chorus of academicians, public health officials, and other science communicators have warned of what they see as an ill-informed public making poor personal or electoral decisions. Misinformation is […]
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Misinformation is an urgent societal concern that affects us all. Science and health misinformation exposes us to harms both personal and collective. On an individual level, it can leave us […]
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Reliable information is often seen as an essential first step in fostering trust in the institutions that guide democratic decision-making and promote collective action on areas of public concern, from […]